Converting Al-Qadim and Oriental Adventures creatures

[Echohawk]

Are there any diminutive felines?

No. The only diminutive animals with 3.x stats are bats, birds, chipmunks, gerbils, snakes, squirrels and toads.

 

[Shade]

Do you want me to change it to Tiny, or leave Diminutive to allow for kittens.

Updated.

Skills: 56

Feats: 2

The bauh-yin are mute but are intelligent and can communicate despite this handicap.

Telepathy or some sort of sign language?

 

[freyar]

Probably Tiny is ok.

Skills: 8 ranks each of Bluff, Climb, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (local or history?), ???

Gotta run, will add more later...

 

[demiurge1138]

I say telepathy.

For skills: Bluff, Climb, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (local and history), Tumble.

Feat possibilities: Ability Focus (incite riot), Weapon Finesse, Improved Initiative, Dodge, Mobility.

Do we want to change cause fear to scare?

 

[Shade]

I agree with those skill choices and with scare instead of cause fear. 3/day for scare?

I think I'm leaning toward Ability Focus (incite riot) and Improved Initiative (to benefit sneak attack) for the feats. Anyone feel strongly about the others?

Do we want to borrow any catlike racial skills?

Cats have a +4 racial bonus on Climb, Hide, and Move Silently checks and a +8 racial bonus on Jump checks. Cats have a +8 racial bonus on Balance checks. They use their Dexterity modifier instead of their Strength modifier for Climb and Jump checks. *In areas of tall grass or heavy undergrowth, the Hide bonus rises to +8.

Leopards have a +8 racial bonus on Balance and Jump checks and a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks.

Skills: Tigers have a +4 racial bonus on Balance, Hide, and Move Silently checks. *In areas of tall grass or heavy undergrowth, the Hide bonus improves to +8.

 

[freyar]

Those feats sound good. I'd go with +4 racial bonuses on Balance, Climb, Hide, Jump, and Move Silently without special conditions like heavy undergrowth. Since they would get so many, I'd just stick to +4.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Suggested weapon for attack lines? Most of the asian weapons aren't really superior to their claws, and would require an Exotic feat.

Organization: Solitary or x (2-6)

Challenge Rating: 3? They seem about on par with a rutterkin, but not as good as a hound archon.

Advancement: 6-15 HD (Medium) or by character class?

Level Adjustment: +5? (Unbalanced ability scores, multiple immunities, multiple skill bonuses, at will SLA)

A bauh-yin is x feet tall and weighs x pounds. (Or borrow this: "A rakshasa is about the same height and weight as a human.")

Summon Bauh-yin (Sp): Once per day a bauh-yin can attempt to summon 1d4 bauh-yin with a x% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a xth-level spell. (100% success, 4th level?)

 

[demiurge1138]

I say borrow height and weight of people, although I suspect light and skinny people. Let's give their summoning a 40% chance, 2nd level.

 

[freyar]

That's all reasonable.

Organization: Leopards are usually solitary, so that's not much help. Maybe "pride" for the group. Ahh, actually I found a site that claims a group of leopards is a "leap" if we want to go with that.

 

[demiurge1138]

Leap. Or insurrection.